reading between the lines during interviews

7+ Year Member

hello. if your interview seems very pleasant and more focused on getting to know the applicant than a pimping session, is it ok to assume that you have a good chance of being ranked high? or only if the interviewer says they would really love to have you on board can you assume this?

10+ Year Member

hello. if your interview seems very pleasant and more focused on getting to know the applicant than a pimping session, is it ok to assume that you have a good chance of being ranked high? or only if the interviewer says they would really love to have you on board can you assume this?

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it could just as easily work the other way.

Next time I see that Bleeker kid I’m going to punch him in the wiener.

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Moderator10+ Year Member

I wouldn't take anything they do or say at an interview to mean anything. It could mean anything or nothing and you'll drive yourself crazy trying to figure it out. go to the interviews, be your best professional self, and rank according to where you want to go.

10+ Year Member

I wouldn't take anything they do or say at an interview to mean anything. It could mean anything or nothing and you'll drive yourself crazy trying to figure it out. go to the interviews, be your best professional self, and rank according to where you want to go.

7+ Year Member

I wouldn't take anything they do or say at an interview to mean anything. It could mean anything or nothing and you'll drive yourself crazy trying to figure it out. go to the interviews, be your best professional self, and rank according to where you want to go.

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Exactly... after being out on the interview trail, I really think this whole process is a total crap-shoot. Many programs are looking for different things, and even though they say they'll "rank you highly", I guess we won't know until match day how it all pans out. Best of luck to you all.

10+ Year Member

hello. if your interview seems very pleasant and more focused on getting to know the applicant than a pimping session, is it ok to assume that you have a good chance of being ranked high? or only if the interviewer says they would really love to have you on board can you assume this?

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Many programs do not believe in "pimping sessions". Line of questioning has no corrolation with ranking.

10+ Year Member

hello. if your interview seems very pleasant and more focused on getting to know the applicant than a pimping session, is it ok to assume that you have a good chance of being ranked high? or only if the interviewer says they would really love to have you on board can you assume this?

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just fyi, every single one of my interviews have been this way so far. And from speaking with fellow applicants during the interview day, it's been the same for them. I also wouldn't take comments like "we'd love to have you hear" to mean anything other than "you're a competitive applicant" which you should've known anyway since they invited you for an interview.

Long story short, and this is what I'm doing, go on your interviews, do your best, don't read into what they tell you or let it affect your rank list, rank the programs in the order of places you'd like to train, and hope for the best.

10+ Year Member

just fyi, every single one of my interviews have been this way so far. And from speaking with fellow applicants during the interview day, it's been the same for them. I also wouldn't take comments like "we'd love to have you hear" to mean anything other than "you're a competitive applicant" which you should've known anyway since they invited you for an interview.

Long story short, and this is what I'm doing, go on your interviews, do your best, don't read into what they tell you or let it affect your rank list, rank the programs in the order of places you'd like to train, and hope for the best.

just fyi, every single one of my interviews have been this way so far. And from speaking with fellow applicants during the interview day, it's been the same for them. I also wouldn't take comments like "we'd love to have you hear" to mean anything other than "you're a competitive applicant" which you should've known anyway since they invited you for an interview.

Long story short, and this is what I'm doing, go on your interviews, do your best, don't read into what they tell you or let it affect your rank list, rank the programs in the order of places you'd like to train, and hope for the best.